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ROUSSEAU, J[ean] J[acques]. Emilius and sophia: or, a new system of education. London. Printed for T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1767. New edition. 12mo. In four volumes. xix, [1], 310; [4], 263, [1]; [4], 268; [4], 292pp, [56]. With half-titles, six engraved plates, and four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements to Vol. IV. Handsomely bound in contemporary gilt-tooled tree-calf, contrasting red morocco lettering-pieces. A trifle rubbed. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplates of Basil Jacobs to versos of all FFEPs, early inked ownership inscriptions to front blank fly-leaves, very occasional light ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19467
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[CROXALL, Samuel]. An Original Canto of spencer: Design'd as Part of his Fairy Queen, but never Printed. Now made publick, By Nestor Ironside... London [i.e. Edinburgh?]. Printed for James Roberts, 1714. Second edition. Quarto. 30pp. Handsomely bound by W. Pratt in later gilt-tooled speckled calf, contrasting black morocco lettering-piece. A trifle rubbed, library shelf-mark etched into upper board. Marbled endpapers, bookplate of chemist, archaeologist, and numismatist Alan Morris to FEP, text-block shaved at head. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 28860
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PALIN, Ralph. Iphotelle; or the longing-fit. A Poem. London. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810. First edition. 8vo. [4], 71pp, [1]. Uncut in original publisher's drab paper boards. Without backstrip, naively rebacked with clear tape. Contemporary inked ownership inscription of Charles Westrop to head of title page. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19761
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BILLINGE, Charles. Poems on christian charity, contentment, and melancholy. Wolverhampton. Printed for the Author, by J. Smart, 1784. First edition. vi, [5], 12-88pp. ESTC T9681. ESTC records copies at three locations in the British Isles (BL, Cambridge, and Oxford), and a further four in North America (Columbia, Harvard, Huntington, and Yale).

[Bound with:] POPE, Alexander. Messias. Idyllium sacrum. Per alexandrum pope, anglice conscriptum. Latine redditum. Wolverhampton. Typis, J. Smart, 1784. [4], 4-8, 4-8pp, [1]. Parallel English and Latin texts with duplicate pagination. ESTC T5691. ESTC ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 19757
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SIDNEY, Sir Philip. The works of The Honourable Sr. Philip Sidney, Kt. In Prose and Verse. London. Printed for E. Taylor et al., 1725. Fourteenth edition. 8vo. In three volumes. [12], 32, 419, [1]; [3], 402-881, [1]; [4], 64, 184, [6]. With six engraved plates. Contemporary gilt-ruled calf, contrasting red ad green morocco lettering-pieces. Rubbed and marked, spines dulled. Armorial bookplate of John Searle to sprung front pastedown of Vol. I, early inked ownership inscriptions to endpapers, all three volumes dampstained. More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 33041
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[LITURGY - Greek]. Biblos tes demosias euches... En te Kantabrigia [i.e. Cambridge]. Exetypothe par' Ioannou Phieldou..., 1665. [36], 126pp, [2]. With a terminal blank leaf. Title and imprint, including date, are transliterated from the Greek. ESTC R204258, Wing B3632.

[Bound with:] Psalterion tou Dabid... En te Kantabrigia [i.e. Cambridge]. Exetypothe par' Ioannou Phieldou..., 1664. [2], 115, [3], 117-171pp, [1]. Title and imprint, including date, are transliterated from the Greek. ESTC R204259, Wing B2720A.

12mo. Recent calf-backed marbled paper boards, lettered in gilt ... More > £ 325.00 Antiquates Ref. 25869
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KEY, Astley Cooper. A narrative of the recovery of h. m. s. gorgon, (charles hotham, esq., captain.) stranded in the bay of monte video, may 10th, 1844. London. Smith, Elder and Co., 1847. First edition. 8vo. viii, [2], 113, [5], 32pp. With an engraved frontispiece, a further 16 engraved plates, an engraved folding chart, and a terminal catalogue of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blind-stamped navy cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. A trifle rubbed and marked, lower corner of upper board lightly dampstained, cocked. Later armorial bookplate of Richard Benyon Croft to FEP, early inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, ... More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 33170
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ROUX, Philibert Joseph. A narrative of a Journey to London, in 1814; or, a parallel to the english and french surgery; preceded by some observations on the london hospitals. London. Printed for E. Cox and Son, 1816. First edition in English. 8vo. [3], vi-vii, [1], 296pp. Without half-title. Contemporary half-calf, ruled in gilt and blind, marbled paper boards, black calf lettering-piece. Rubbed and a trifle marked. Later label of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland to FEP, closed tear and small hole to leaf E4, short tear text of leaf K4, ink-stamps of the RCSI to verso of title page and head of p.85, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30599
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[ROBINSON, William]. Collections relative to Claims at the Coronations of several of the kings of england, beginning with king richard II. London. Printed for J. Nichols and Son, 1820. First edition. 8vo. viii, 96pp. Uncut in original publisher's buff paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece to spine. Rubbed and marked, some surface loss to spine. Armorial bookplate of Esher to FEP, contemporary inked ownership inscription of Thos. Davis to head of title, spotted. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 28414
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PUSEY, Rev. E[dward] B[ouverie]. Our pharisaism: a sermon preached at st. paul's, knightsbridge, on ash-wednesday, 1868. Oxford. Sold by James Parker & Co., 1868. First edition. 8vo. [2], 21pp, [1]. Partially unopened. Stitched, as issued. Stitching perished, Title page and three terminal leaves detached. Title page browned and dust-soiled, scattered spotting, occasional marginal loss. Presentation copy, inked inscription to head of title page: 'From the Author'. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 30276
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WAKEFIELD, Priscilla. Variety; consisting of anecdotes, curious facts, and Interesting Narratives. London. Harvey and Darton, [1830]. Second edition. 12mo. viii, 276pp, [4]. With an engraved frontispiece, a further four engraved plates, and two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. A trifle marked, spine lightly sunned. Near contemporary inked ownership inscription of Thomas Barnard to head of browned title page. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 32136
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GIUSTI, Giuseppe. Raccolta di proverbi toscani con illustrazioni. Firenze [i.e. Florence]. Felice Le Monnier, 1853. First edition. 16mo. xii, 423pp, [1]. Uncut. Handsomely bound by Birdsail & Son of Northampton in recent gilt- tooled red half-morocco, red cloth boards. Original publisher's printed buff wrappers bound in. Scattered spotting. Inked ownership inscription of George Meredith to upper wrapper. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 25394
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BOURNE, Vincent. Poemata latine partim reddita, partim scripta. Oxonii [i.e. Oxford]. Typis et Impensis Talboys et Wheeler, 1826. 8vo. [2], xxvii, [1], 292, 4pp. Contemporary blind-tooled half-morocco, marbled paper boards. Lightly rubbed, spine dulled. Marbled endpapers, scattered spotting. Manuscript note and inked gift inscription to recto of front blank fly-leaf: 'J. T. Coleridge / Montague Place / Decr. 31st. 1842 / given him by his dear son / J. D. C.' More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26019
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HOLCROFT, Thomas. Memoirs of the late thomas holcroft, Written by Himself, and continued to the time of his death, from his diary, notes, and other papers. London. Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. First edition. 12mo. n three volumes. [3], vi-viii, 300; [2], 283, [1]; [2], 320pp. Without half- titles. With an engraved portrait frontispiece to Vol. I. Contemporary gilt-tooled half-calf, marbled paper boards, marbled edges. Lightly rubbed, joints starting, spines dulled, paper shelf-label to foot of Vol. I. Marbled endpapers, very occasional short tears to margins, leaf I11 of Vol. II creased, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 26380
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SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. MEDWIN, T[homas]. The Shelley Papers: memoir of percy bysshe shelley by t. medwin, esq. and original poems and papers by percy bysshe shelley. Now first collected. London. Whittaker, Treacher, & Co., 1833. First edition. 16mo. viii, 180pp, [4]. With two terminal leaves of publisher's advertisement. Handsomely bound by Maclehose of Glasgow in contemporary red crushed morocco. Marbled endpapers, gilt dentelles. A trifle marked. Internally clean and crisp. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 27587
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TASSONI, Alessandro. La secchia rapita poema eroicomico di alessandro tassoni. Edizine Formata sopra quella di Soliani del 1744. Venezia [i.e. Venice]. Vitarelli, 1813. 16mo. [6], lxxix, [1], 389pp, [1]. With an engraved portrait frontispiece. Handsomely bound in contemporary dark green calf, tooled in gilt and blind supralibros of George Granville Leveson-Gower, first Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833) to upper board. A trifle rubbed and marked. Marbled endpapers, recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, scattered spotting. More > £ 250.00 Antiquates Ref. 21143